Directions: As a group, discuss and decide what the important and defining characteristics of the Trackton community members are in terms of their “ways with words.” What does this mean for the children of this community in the context of their being prepared for school? List your characteristics and findings here on this wiki page. When time is called, your team will present your findings to the class.
Reading as a social activity; independent reading is seen as "social isolation";
Read to learn instead of learn to read;
heavily image-dependent; not text dependent;
only understand words within its original context;
Children are not given books, but instead do reading as games;
Writing is not emphasized generally;
Women do more writing than men, primarily instrumental writing;
Peers are main models for their reading;
story telling is important;
We think their ways with words don't prepare children well for school formal academic education; however, we can still see a value in them in terms of engaging kids with what they enjoy doing, and getting them talking about what they read.
Directions: As a group, discuss and decide what the important and defining characteristics of the Trackton community members are in terms of their “ways with words.” What does this mean for the children of this community in the context of their being prepared for school? List your characteristics and findings here on this wiki page. When time is called, your team will present your findings to the class.
We think their ways with words don't prepare children well for school formal academic education; however, we can still see a value in them in terms of engaging kids with what they enjoy doing, and getting them talking about what they read.